Article 3WH4V bzip.org changes hands

bzip.org changes hands

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The bzip2 compression algorithm has been slowly falling out offavor, but is still used heavily across the net. A searchfor "bzip2 source" returns bzip.org as the first three results. But itwould seem that the owner of this domain has let it go, and it is now parkedand running ads. So we no longer have an official home forbzip2. If a new repository or tarball does turn up at thatdomain, it should be looked at closely before being trusted. (Thanks toJason Kushmaul).
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